Ethan hadley



E. HADLEY.

(No Model.)

EGG BEATEB.

No. 454,345. Patented June 16,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ETHAN HADLEY, OF CHICOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE LAMBKNITTING MACHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

EGG-BEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,345, dated June 16,1891.

Application filed Tune 16, 1890. Serial No. 355,56L (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ETHAN HADLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicopee Falls, in the county of IIampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEgg-Beaters, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to egg-heaters; and the invention consistsin certain improvements in the construction of the frame, as hereinaftermore fullydescribed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of egg-beater complete, and Figs. 2 and 3are side elevations, partly in section, of a portion of the frame, shownenlarged for the purpose of more clearly illustrating my invention.

For the purpose of illustrating my improvement I have shown it appliedto the wellknown Dover Egg-Beater, which has its frame madeof twoparts,the upper portionA in the form of a handle being made ofcast-iron, and the lower portion E, which serves as joure nals andsupports for the heaters or floats D, being made of a single piece ofwire bent to the proper form; but the invention is applicable to otherstyles of egg-boaters also.

The present invention relates more especially to the method used forconnecting the wire to the cast-iron part of the frame, and is animprovement upon the plan shown in my patent, No. 380,564. Formerlythese parts had been connected by various means; but in my patent, No.380,564, I secure the parts by drilling holes through the oross-head orenlargement made at the lower end of castiron part A and then upsettingthe protruding ends of the wire, the handle A being enlarged at thepoint just above these protruding ends, so as to form a shoulder orprojection, which would prevent the wire from being pushed up throughthe holes.

My present plan consists in drilling two holes in the enlarged portion Bof the castiron handle, but which holes do not extend entirelythrough,they being, more strictly speaking,.sockets or circular recessesextending about three-fourths of the way through the head B, as shownclearly in Fig. 2.

The ends of the wire E are simply out 01f and left in their naturalcondition, as also shown in Fig. 2, and after the floats 0r beaters havebeen slipped onto the wire the ends of the latter are inserted into theholes or sockets, and the metal on each end of the head B is thenindented or forced inward, as represented at a, Fig. 3, by means of twopointed punches operated simultaneously by a press, they operating atpoints directly opposite each other, thus making the two indentations aa at one movement. As shown in Fig. 2, the holes or sockets are madevery near the ends of the cross-head 13, thus leaving but a thin wall ofmetal between them and the outer face of the part.B at the points wherethe indentations a are to be made, and the result is that the metal isforced inward, so as to form an indentation e in the wire E, in whichthe forced-in cast metal fits and remains, as represented in Fig. 3, andthus by the simple act of subjecting the parts to the pressing action ofthe two punches simultaneously the parts 13 and E are securely andrigidly connected. lVhen thus united, the ends of the wire E are firmlylocked in place, so that there is no possibility of their coming out,nor can the ends of the wire E be shoved up through, as they abut andrest against the solid metal. The advantages of this method of unitingthe parts will be readily understood when it is borne in mind that theseegg-heaters are made by the million, and in order to be sold cheaply thecost of manufacture must be reduced to the minimum. Another advantage ofthis plan is that it avoids the notches, projections, and upset endsincident to my former plan, in and on which the beaten egg or othermatter is liable to accumulate and requiring time and care for itsremoval, the smooth unbroken surface being much easier kept clean. It isobvious that this method of uniting or fastening the parts together isequally applicable to that style of egg-heaters in which a single Wireor standard is united to the castiron part of the frame, and that by itsuse the cutting of screw-threads, the use of solder, or the upsetting 0rriveting down of the protrudin g end, or ends is avoided, thus greatlyexpediting and cheapening the work.

I am aware that it has been proposed to fasten the wire part ofegg-beater frames to the cast-iron part by means of solder, byscrew-threads, and by riveting the ends of inserted in said sockets andlocked therein by indenting the outer faces of the cross-head andforcing a portion of the cast-iron into the sides of the wire,substantially as shown 15 and described.

I11 witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

ETIIAN HADLEY,

IVitnesses:

JAMEs H. Looms. DANIEL M. KEY.

